Dorothy Gish
Biography
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Dorothy Elizabeth Gish was an American actress of the screen and stage, as well as a director and writer. Dorothy and her older sister Lillian Gish were major movie stars of the silent era. Dorothy also had great success on the stage, and was inducted into the American Theatre Hall of Fame. Dorothy Gish was noted as a fine comedian, and many of her films were comedies.
Known For
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
139
Gender
Female
Birthday
1898-03-09 (127 years old)
Place of Birth
Dayton, Ohio, USA
Acting
1988
Lillian Gish: The Actor's Life for Me as (Archive footage)1963
The Cardinal as Celia Fermoyle1959
Play of the Week as Aaronetta1955
The Alcoa Hour as Arry Gibbs1954
The Elgin Hour as Miss Psyche1953
The United States Steel Hour as Mrs, Lapham1953
Harvest as Ellen Zalinka1951
Goodyear Television Playhouse as Not available1951
The Whistle at Eaton Falls as Mrs Doubleday1950
Robert Montgomery Presents as Emily Madison1950
Robert Montgomery Presents as Ellen Zalinka1950
Pulitzer Prize Playhouse as Not available1950
Lux Video Theatre as Not available1950
Lux Video Theatre as Miss Susie Slagle1950
The Prudential Family Playhouse as Lady Emily Lyons1948
The Philco Television Playhouse as Mary Surratt1948
The Philco Television Playhouse as Not available1948
The Ford Theatre Hour as Not available1946
Centennial Summer as Mrs. Rogers1944
Our Hearts Were Young and Gay as Mrs. Skinner1930
Wolves as Leila McDonald1927
Madame Pompadour as Madame Pompadour1927
Tiptoes as Tiptoes Kaye1927
London as Mavis Hogan1926
Camille: The Fate of a Coquette as Grace1926
Nell Gwyn as Nell Gwyn1926
Clothes Make the Pirate as Betsy Tidd1925
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)1925
Night Life of New York as Meg1925
The Beautiful City as Mollie1924
Romola as Tessa1923
Fury as Minnie1923
The Bright Shawl as La Clavel1922
The Country Flapper as Jolanda Whiple - the Country Flapper1921
Orphans of the Storm as Louise Girard1921
The Ghost in the Garret as Delsie O'Dell1920
Mary Ellen Comes to Town as Mary Ellen1920
Flying Pat as Patricia Van Nuys1920
Remodeling Her Husband as Janie Wakefield1920
Little Miss Rebellion as Grand Duchess Marie Louise1919
Nobody Home as Frances Wadsworth1919
Turning the Tables as Doris Pennington1919
Peppy Polly as Polly1919
Boots as Boots1919
I'll Get Him Yet as Susy Faraday Jones1919
Nugget Nell as Nugget Nell1918
Hearts of the World as The Little Disturber1918
Battling Jane as Jane1918
The Hun Within as Beth1918
The Hope Chest as Sheila Moore1917
Her Official Fathers as Janice1917
Stage Struck as Ruth Colby1917
The Little Yank as Sallie Castleton1916
Gretchen the Greenhorn as Gretchen Van Houck1916
Betty of Greystone as Betty Lockwood1916
Little Meena's Romance as Meena1916
Atta Boy's Last Race as Lois Brandon1915
The Little Catamount as Hattie - the Little Catamount1915
Her Grandparents as Dorothy1915
Out of Bondage as Mary McRae1915
Old Heidelberg as Katie Ruder1915
Jordan Is a Hard Road as Cora Findley1915
The Lost Lord Lowell as Molly - the Maid1915
The Mountain Girl as Nell - the Mountain Girl1915
An Old-Fashioned Girl as Abigail - the Country Girl1915
His Lesson as Participant in Mob Scene (uncredited)1915
Victorine as Dottie1915
How Hazel Got Even as Hazel1915
Bred in the Bone as Mercy, at Sixteen1915
Her Mother's Daughter as Marie1915
Minerva's Mission as Minerva1914
The Mountain Rat as Nell - 'The Mountain Rat'1914
The Tavern of Tragedy as Dorothy Bell - the Innkeeper's Stepdaughter1914
Sands of Fate as Helen Robinson1914
Judith of Bethulia as Crippled Beggar1914
The Saving Grace as Mollie Kite - the Girl1914
Home, Sweet Home as Sister of Payne's Sweetheart1914
Arms and the Gringo as Not available1914
The Sisters as Carol (May's younger sister)1914
The Availing Prayer as May Rock1914
Her Old Teacher as Marjorie1914
The Rebellion of Kitty Belle as Not available1914
Liberty Belles as Dorothy Ketcham1914
The Better Way as Sunbeam1914
The Mysterious Shot as Marylee Price1914
The Newer Woman as Dot1914
The Wife as Kitty Ives - Debutante1914
Granny as Nell1914
Her Father's Silent Partner as Not available1914
Down the Hill to Creditville as Mamie New1914
The Old Man as The Maid-of-All-Work1914
Cigar Butts as Not available1914
Back to the Kitchen as The Ranchman's Daughter1914
The Painted Lady as Jess - the Younger Sister1914
Their First Acquaintance as Miriam Talbot1914
A Duel for Love as Not available1914
The Warning as Dorothy1914
The Different Man as Not available1914
Her Mother's Necklace as Bessie1914
A Fair Rebel as Joan Fitzhugh - the Adopted Sister1914
The City Beautiful as The City Girl1914
The Suffragette's Battle in Nuttyville as Not available1914
A Lesson in Mechanics as Ruth Wilson1914
The Floor Above as Stella Ford1914
Silent Sandy as Mary Jones1913
The Perfidy of Mary as Rose1913
The House of Discord as The Daughter1913
The Lady and the Mouse as The Second Sister1913
The Blue or the Gray as Not available1913
Those Little Flowers as A Messenger1913
Red Hicks Defies the World as Hicks' Sweetheart1913
Her Mother's Oath as The Daughter1913
The Widow's Kids as One of the Kids1913
The Adopted Brother as The Daughter1913
Broken Ways as In Telegraph Office (uncredited)1913
The Lady in Black as The Girl1913
The Suffragette Minstrels as Among Suffragette Minstrels1913
His Mother's Son as Woman at Dock (uncredited)1913
Just Gold as The Sweetheart's Sister1913
Almost a Wild Man as Miss Smart / Sideshow Patron1913
Pa Says as Dot1913
Papa's Baby as Young Mother1913
The Reformers as Dancer (uncredited)1913
Oil and Water as In First Audience (uncredited)1913
By Man's Law as At League Meeting (uncredited)1913
A Cure for Suffragettes as Suffragette1912
My Baby as Wedding Guest1912
So Near, Yet So Far as A Friend1912
The New York Hat as Not available1912
The Musketeers of Pig Alley as Frizzy-Haired Woman in Street (uncredited)1912
An Unseen Enemy as Youngest Sister1912
Two Daughters of Eve as In Theatre Crowd1912
A Cry for Help as Witness to Accident1912
The Burglar’s Dilemma as Birthday Wellwisher1912
The Informer as The Southern Girl1912
The Painted Lady as Belle at Ice Cream Festival1912
My Hero as The Young Woman